Colin Blunstone - Music on Google Play Colin Blunstone About the artist Colin Edward Michael Blunstone is an English singer-songwriter and musician. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Blunstone came to prominence in the mid 1960s as the lead singer of the English rock band The Zombies, which released four singles that entered the Top 75 charts in the United States during the 1960s, including "She's Not There", "Tell Her No", "She's Coming Home", and "Time of the Season". Blunstone began his solo career in 1969, releasing three singles under a pseudonym of Neil MacArthur. Since then, he has released ten studio albums, and one live album under his real name. His solo hits include "She's Not There", "Say You Don't Mind", "I Don't Believe in Miracles", "How Could We Dare to Be Wrong", "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", and "The Tracks of My Tears". He is also known for his participation on various albums with the Alan Parsons Project. Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer?

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With gorgeous melodies, breathy vocals, choral back-up harmonies and a jazzy influence, The Zombies ruled the 1960’s with hit singles like “She’s Not There” and “Tell Her No”. Ironically, the group broke-up in 1968 just prior to achieving their greatest success – the chart-topping single “Time of the Season”, from their swan-song album “Odessey & Oracle” (recently ranked #80 in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”). Lead singer Colin Blunstone went on to develop an acclaimed solo career, while keyboardist/songwriter Rod Argent rocked arenas in the 70’s with his eponymous band ARGENT. Over 30 years later, Blunstone and Argent resurrected The Zombies, paying tribute to the group’s musical legacy and collaborating on new studio material. Helmed by founding members Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone, the group is marking its half century with a new album – Breathe Out, Breathe In – and a tour.

The ten songs that make up Breathe Out, Breathe In are impeccably crafted pieces; the harmonies are rich, the melodies full, the arrangements exquisite, the organ and piano fresh and the production intuitive. Uncut Magazine raves “Argent and Blunstone find Zombie heaven again.” Copyright © 2017 Payomet, All Rights Reserved. - How The Zombies' career was brought back to life - Blues How The Zombies' career was brought back to life Features / 01 Dec 2015 / by Claudia Elliott 0 shares Google+ The Blues talks to Colin Blunstone, lead singer of The Zombies, about the British Invasion days of the 1960s and their revival. In the summer of 1964, The Zombies became the second British group after The Beatles to have a No.1 single in the US chart with a self-penned song. The record in question, She’s Not There, propelled the five Hertfordshire teenagers to overnight success and they soon followed in the Chelsea bootsteps of the Fab Four and The Rolling Stones across the Atlantic.

The ‘invasion’ was a blast while it lasted but they were thrown in at the deep end with no time to think, let alone write more songs, says lead singer Colin Blunstone, on reflection. “I’m not saying that I resent having the success when we had it, I’m eternally grateful. We were finding out about the music business in the glare of international publicity... and making our mistakes in a very public forum. It might have been better for us if we’d done that more privately.” Although they played to hordes of screaming fans in the US, Europe and even the Philippines, they failed to follow up their big hit in the UK and within three or four years their career had expired. In what was almost their last gasp, in 1967 they went to the famous Abbey Road studios to record their ‘psychedelic’ album, Odessey And Oracle, but disbanded before it was released the following year to fantastic reviews but feeble sales. Disillusioned and skint, Colin Blunstone took a job in an insurance office while keyboard player Rod Argent and bassist Chris White, the two primary songwriters in the band, continued in the music business.

They all went their separate ways, but fate conspired to revive their career and put the original Zombies back together again in a manner that none of them could ever have envisaged back in the 60s. Colin Blunstone – whose soulful voice is on a par with almost any of Tamla Motown’s finest and has even led to him being described as ‘the male Dusty Springfield’ – is decidedly upbeat when The Blues calls him, and buzzing with excitement about the prospect of another US tour and their latest album, Still Got That Hunger. Formed in 1961, The Zombies fashioned their early sound on the blues and R&B coming out of the US, but they were never going to be the standard three-guitar rock’n’roll band, he says. “It really started when I talked my parents into buying me a guitar when I was 12 or 13 and there was a band being put together at school in St Albans. We sat in alpha order and the guy in front of me was Paul Arnold. He knew some of the other guys in this band and said, ‘You’ve got a guitar haven’t you?

Want to be in a band?’ And that’s how I ended up on a Saturday morning rehearsal, not knowing any of these guys except one. At first I was gonna be the rhythm guitarist and Rod [Argent] was going to be the lead singer. We’d just been doing an instrumental called Malagueña and Rod hadn’t played at all, so he went over to this broken-down old piano and he played Nut Rocker by B Bumble & The Stingers. It’s quite something for a boy of 15 to be playing this and I was absolutely stunned. I just went rushing over and said, ‘Listen, you should play keyboards in the band.’ But it wasn’t fashionable to have a keyboard player in a rock’n’roll band at that time. Rock bands had three guitars.

Rod was a bit reluctant but he said, ‘I’ll play keyboards in the band if you’ll be lead singer.’ It was a very short time between being someone who played a few tunes at home, to being the rhythm guitarist in a band, where I thought I could hide, to being the lead singer, right in the middle out front.” There was a thriving rock’n’roll and jazz club scene in St Albans at that time, giving the young band members the opportunity to soak it all in. Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent, who had both been choir boys at school, absorbed influences from “classical music, modern jazz, the blues, rhythm and blues, rock’n’roll and pop”. Their musical education – both formal and informal – combined to give The Zombies an unusual sound, a little different to the straight blues and R&B that other groups were starting to discover, although they did share that same hunger for those hard-to-find records.

Continue reading Colin Blunstone - 必应 Sign in Colin Blunstone Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945) is an English singer-songwriter , best known as a member of the rock band The Zombies and for his participation on various albums with The Alan Parsons Project. Colin Blunstone的《Her Song》 歌词 答 歌曲名:Her Song歌手:Colin Blunstone专辑:The Best Ofviola.Sometimes when I wake at nightIn the hour before the lightDarkness seems to coverAnd hide me from ... 《her song》MP3 colin blunstone演唱的，男声。songtaste网站上有试听。邮箱491335678@qq.com 答 Colin Blunstone Early years Colin Blunstone was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. He attended St Albans County Grammar School for Boys. Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy first played together at a jam on Easter 1961 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Rod Argent wanted to form a band and initially asked his cousin Jim Rodford to join.

Rodford was playing in local band called The Bluetones at the time, so declined. Blunstone and Paul Arnold joined in early 1961 while all five members were still at school. After they won a local contest, they recorded a demo as their prize. Rod Argent's song "She's Not There" got them a deal with Decca. Solo work Blunstone's voice was considered one of the main factors in making The Zombies' single, "She's Not There", a big hit worldwide. In 1968 the band split over management issues, shortly after completing the baroque pop classic LP, Odessey and Oracle. Blunstone briefly worked as a clerk in the insurance business before resuming his musical career. In 1969, he signed with Deram Records and cut three singles under the pseudonym Neil MacArthur, including a re-make of "She's Not There", which charted in the UK.

Blunstone gained success as a solo artist in 1972 with "Say You Don't Mind" (peaked at number 15 in the UK chart and written by future Paul McCartney and Wings member Denny Laine) and "I Don't Believe in Miracles" (peaked at number 31 in the UK chart and written by Argent member Russ Ballard), both with string arrangements by Christopher Gunning. Additional minor hits followed with "How Could We Dare To Be Wrong" in early 1973 (peaked at number 45 in the UK chart) and "Tracks of My Tears" in 1982 (peaked at number 60 in the UK chart). One Year (1971), produced by Chris White was Blunstone's first solo album, and included the song "Caroline Goodbye" about his break-up with the model and actress Caroline Munro. This was followed by Ennismore and Journey.

He then signed with Elton John's record label named The Rocket Record Company and released three albums, Planes (1976), Never Even Thought (1978) and Late Nights in Soho (1979), which was only released in Europe. Blunstone also contributed to Dave Stewart's hit cover version of "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (1980). He went on to appear on several albums by The Alan Parsons Project including Eye in the Sky, where he sings the hit single "Old and Wise", and Ammonia Avenue ("Dancing on a Highwire"). In 1984, he joined with other Parsons musicians to form Keats. His solo album The Ghost of You And Me was released in the UK, Benelux and Scandinavia on 9 March 2009. Blunstone completed a twelve date UK tour, his first in several years. He continued to tour with Rod Argent as The Zombies, and the original surviving members of the band played four reunion concerts performing Odessey and Oracle, in April 2009.

In 2010, Sony released Colin Blunstone Original Album Classics, a 3-disc boxed set featuring digitally re-mastered versions of Blunstone's solo albums One Year, Journey and Ennismore. The collection also includes two bonus tracks that were originally released as non-LP b-sides in UK. Blunstone continues to be active, occasionally in tours with 1960s bands such as Manfred Mann, often collaborating with Rod Argent. Some of his more recent albums are As Far As I Can See, the mid-1990s Echo Bridge and Out of the Shadows (with Rod Argent). Zombies reunion In 2004 Blunstone and Rod Argent recorded As Far as I Can See..., a new album in the style of the Zombies. A later album and DVD Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent of the Zombies Live at the Bloomsbury Theatre were well received, as was their 2007 US tour.

One critic wrote, "The Zombies, still led by original keyboard wizard Rod Argent and featuring the smoked-silk vocals of Colin Blunstone, is the best 60s band still touring which doesn't have Mick Jagger as a front man". Blunstone continued to tour with Argent as The Zombies, and in April 2009 the original surviving members of the band played four reunion concerts performing Odessey and Oracle. This led to a band reunion. In a 2015 article for PopMatters, journalist J.C. Maçek III quoted Argent about The Zombies' latest album Still Got That Hunger. Argent said, "Still Got That Hunger, is the first album that has really recaptured some of the resonance of feeling of a group. We’re so tight as a group together now. And the whole process has become so organic that we’re 100% happy with the Zombies name and rediscovering and playing all the old stuff and at the same time carving a new path forward which is also very, very important to us.” In 2012 Blunstone participated in the unveiling of a Blue Plaque at The Blacksmith’s Arms, a St.

Albans pub where the Zombies met for their first rehearsal. Radio, TV and film Blunstone has appeared many times on radio and television shows in the UK and on soundtracks. He and his band performed several sessions for John Peel and Johnnie Walker, and on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1971 where he performed live with a string quartet. Blunstone appeared in The Savages (2001) and Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997) both as a singer. Other TV appearances include The Dan and Dusty Show (2004) as The Zombies, Shindig! Presents British Invasion Vol. 2 (1992) also as The Zombies, and Pop Quiz (1982). His sole film part was in Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), directed by Otto Preminger (as The Zombies) and starring Laurence Olivier.

"Mary, Won't You Warm My Bed" / "I Hope I Didn't Say Too Much Last Night" – Epic EPC7095 (1971) "Caroline, Goodbye" / "Though You Are Far Away" – Epic EPC7520 (October 1971) "Say You Don't Mind" / "Let Me Come Closer" – Epic EPC7765 (January 1972) (UK #15) "I Don't Believe in Miracles" / "I've Always Had You" – Epic EPC8434 (October 1972) (UK #31) "How Could We Dare To Be Wrong" / "Time's Running Out" – Epic EPC1197 (February 1973) (UK #45) "Wonderful" / "Beginning" – Epic EPC1775 (September 1973) "It's Magical" / "Summersong" – Epic EPC2413 (May 1974) "When You Close Your Eyes" / "Good Guys Don't Always Win" – Epic EPC457

6 "Planes" / "Dancing in the Dark" – Epic EPC4752 (November 1976) "Beautiful You" / "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" – Epic EPC5009 (February 1977) "Lovin' and Free" / "Dancing in the Dark" – Epic EPC5199 (April 1977) "I'll Never Forget You" / "You Are The Way For Me" – Epic EPC6320 (May 1978) "Ain't It Funny" / "Who's That Knocking?" – Epic EPC6535 (July 1978) "Photograph" / "Touch And Go" – Epic EPC6793 (November 1978) "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (with Dave Stewart) / "There Is No Reward" (non-Blunstone B-side) – Stiff Broken 1 (1980) (UK #13) "Miles Away" / "Excerpts From Exiled" (non-Blunstone B-side) – Panache PAN1

 (September 1981) "The Tracks of My Tears" / "Last Goodbye" – PRT 7P236 (April 1982) (UK #60) "Old and Wise" / "Children of The Moon" (non-Blunstone B-side) Arista released 1982 "Touch" / "Touch" (instrumental) – PRT 7P64 (February 1983) "Where Do We Go From Here?" / "Helen Loves Paris" – Sierra FED22 (May 1986) "She's Not There" / "Who Fires The Gun" – Sierra FED27 (October 1986) "Cry an Ocean" / "Make It Easy" – IRS IRM151 (May 1988) "So much more" – Go Entertainment (Jan 2013) As Neil MacArthur "She's Not There" / "World of Glass" – Deram DM225 (January 1969) (UK #34) "Don't Try to Explain" / "Without Her" – Deram DM262 (

June 1969) "It's Not Easy" / "12:29" – Deram DM275 (December 1969) Odessey And Oracle 30th Anniversary Edition (stereo and mono versions of each song) (1998) R.I.P.

(2000) Out of the Shadows (with Rod Argent) (2002) The Zombies Live at the BBC (2003) New World As Far As I Can See (with Rod Argent as The Zombies) (2004) Live at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London (with Rod Argent as The Zombies) (2005) Into The Afterlife (The Zombies/Colin Blunstone as Neil MacArthur/Rod Argent & Chris White ) (2007) Odessey And Oracle 40th Anniversary Concert (Original Zombies members reunion) (2008) The Zombies And Beyond (including Colin Blunstone and Argent) (2008) Breathe Out, Breathe In (with Rod Argent as The Zombies) (2011) ^ a b c Colin Blunstone at AllMusic ^ Unterberger, Richie. "The Zombies". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2015. ^ Henson, Jopaquin (15 September 2012). "May the Zombies never rest in peace". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

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^ a b c d e f Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.67. ISBN1-904994-10-5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.336. ISBN1-904994-10-5. Event Detail + $3 price increase on day of show The Zombies are an English rock band. Formed in 1961 in St Albans and led by Rod Argent on piano and Colin Blunstone on vocals, the band scored US hits in the mid- and late-1960s with "She's Not There", "Tell Her No", and "Time of the Season". Their 1968 album "Odessey and Oracle", is ranked 80 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

In a recent Top 100 British Albums chart featured by NME, "Odessey & Oracle" was placed at Number 32, with the accompanying comment: “…British psychedelia with a kaleidoscopic vision that rivals even The Beatles.” The Zombies are cited as influences by many major mercurial artists such as COURTNEY LOVE, BADLY DRAWN BOY, PAUL WELLER, SUPER FURRY ANIMALS, MAGIC NUMBERS, BILLY JOEL, and the ARCTIC MONKEYS. Zombies songs are regularly covered live by such varied artists as BECK and BELLE & SEBASTIAN, not to mention being used in films and TV shows (‘Dear Wendy’, ‘Awakenings’, ‘Kill Bill 2’ and THE SIMPSONS to name but four…) – evidence that their music really is as fresh and relevant today as it ever was. The band take to the road again in May 2011 to mark the 50th anniversary of their first getting together in St Albans in Easter 1961.

The Zombies | Classic Rock Review Classic Rock Review Rock n Roll from the vinyl era Menu Buy Begin Here We commence our year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of 1965 album releases with the oldest music we’ll ever cover at Classic Rock Review. The British group, The Zombies, recorded several singles through 1964 a few of which caught fire in the U.S. market. To capitalize, the group rushed into the studio late in 1964 to record enough material to release an album for the American market. The twelve track album The Zombies was released in January 1965 in the U.S., while the band took a little more time to complete their fourteen track U.K. debut, Begin Here, a few months later. While either version of this album contains too many covers by contemporary standards, there is certainly enough variation and originality in the originals to sustain this as a classic. The Zombies were originally formed as “The Mustangs” in 1961, while its five members were still at school. After finding out that other bands were using “Mustangs”, the band’s permanent name was coined by short-time member Paul Arnold, who left the group to become a physician.

The band “won” a recording contract with Decca Records after winning a beat-group competition and instantly recorded their first hit, “She’s Not There” in 1964. Written by keyboardist Rod Argent, the song contains a cool, jazzy electric piano, Bossa Nova rhythms by drummer Hugh Grundy, and the signature, breathy vocals by lead vocalist Colin Blunstone. The song reached The Top 20 in the UK in September 1964 and climbed all the way to #2 in the U.S. in December 1964. The group immediately toured the United States and were featured on the initial episode of the national TV show Hullabaloo. Throughout this frenzy, the group was composing and recording, while developing a distinct musical and vocal style with featured a blend of keyboards, snapping rhythms, and distinct lead and harmonized vocals. Begin Here by The Zombies Released: March 1, 1965 (Decca) Produced by: Ken Jones Chris White – Bass, Vocals Hugh Grundy – Drums Begin Here starts with a rocking version of Bo Didley’s “Road Runner”.

Paul Atkinson adds some surf rock guitar elements to complement Blunstone’s wild, intense vocals and a slight organ solo by Argent. George Gershwin’s “Summertime” is next interpreted as a calm and jazzy number with great sixties sonic motifs, led by the electric piano of Argent and the smooth lead vocals of Blunstone. The first original on the album is written by bassist Chris White. “I Can’t Make Up My Mind” is pure sixties pop, with The Zombies offering their first hint of great harmonies with a slight guitar lead by Atkinson. Argent’s “The Way I Feel Inside” is definitely influenced by The Beatles, and most specifically the song “If I Fell” from A Hard Days Night , while “Work n’ Play” is a cool sixties-style instrumental, led by the piano of guest Ken Jones (who wrote the number) and a harmonica lead by Argent. The medley “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me/Bring It On Home to Me” may be the weakest spot on the album, considering The Beatles had already done their own version of the first part of this medley, and there is nothing special added here.

In contrast, the cover “Sticks and Stones” is a great jam even if you can sense some Rolling Stones/Them influence, especially vocally. Atkinson’s bright, picked guitar drives the blues/soul influenced “Can’t Nobody Love You”, a rare track where Argent is reserved to the background with White’s bass and Grundy’s drums much more animated. “Woman” is riff-driven with harmonized vocals throughout and changes method and tempo between the verse and chorus sections. “I Don’t Want to Know” is another pop track by White with some lead vocal rudiments, while Argent’s “I Remember When I Loved Her” contains a dark, almost Western feel with echoed, picked acoustic and constant 6/4 rhythmic drive with some percussion effects. Later a haunting organ rises in the background, adding to the overall vibe and show that The Zombies were sophisticated beyond their years and explored abstract musical avenues long before art-rock came along. White’s third and final composition on the album is the short but excellent “What More Can I Do”, which vastly predicts the Doors sound of years to come.

Rounding out the original album is “I Got My Mojo Working”, a pure, upbeat blues which forecasts the future of rock n roll with consistent, driving riff and beat and more than apt harmonica by Argent. Some of the group’s originals which were only included on the American version, The Zombies, were the sixties jam, “It’s Alright With Me”, the Beatlesque rocker, “Sometimes”, and most especially the 1965 hit single “Tell Her No”. This latter track by Argent is a jazz/rock classic with great sense of melody and composition that became the group’s second Top 10 hit in the United States. After the frenzy of early 1965, The Zombies got into a bit of a commercial rut, releasing several singles through 1966 without much popular reaction. Eventually, the band made their way to Abbey Road Studios in 1967 and recorded their classic album, Odessey and Oracle , released in 1968. Unfortunately, the group was already on the outs by that point, assuring a short but meteoric path for one of the sixties most ingenious rock bands.

~ Part of Classic Rock Review’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of 1965 albums. Buy Odessey and Oracle The Zombies only had two studio albums during their heyday of the 1960s. The first was their 1965 debut which was filled with British flavored pop with a slight edge. The second was the slightly-psychedelic, pre-prog-rock classic Odessey and Oracle, which was the band’s masterpiece. Released in 1968 after the group had actually disbanded, this album contains twelve richly arranged tracks that are succinct (there is not a single song that lasts as long as four minutes) and of top notch production, done independently by the group members in 1967. The result is an album of bright and melancholy piano tunes with rich vocal harmonies, mellotron, and tight rhythms. The tracks on Odessey and Oracle alternated between compositions by bassist Chris White and by keyboardist Rod Argent, each possessing a knack for composing original and diverse songs. The album was mainly recorded at Abbey Road studios during the summer of 1967, nearly a full year before its release.

The group had a tight budget for recording and worked quickly in the studio. This brisk pace also had negative effects, such as the misspelling of “odyssey” in the cover design (which forever changed the album’s official title) and creative tensions among the group members, which ultimately led to their demise by the end of 1967. With the group disbanded, CBS Records initially decided not to release the album in the United States. However, producer Al Kooper had heard the album during a trip to England and convinced the label to reverse its decision. The Zombies had previous success in the US during the “British invasion” days of 1964 and 1965 fueled by the singles “She’s Not There” and “Tell Her No”. With the release of Odessey and Oracle, another hit single, “Time of the Season”, closed out the decade with their biggest hit.

Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies Released: April 19, 1968 (CBS) Produced by: The Zombies Hugh Grundy – Drums, Vocals The perfect English pop of Argent’s “Care of Cell 44” starts the album with a very upbeat tune with just a tad of tad of melancholy. The Zombies’ extraordinary vocal talents are apparent right from the start, led by lead vocalist Colin Blunstone and the gorgeous harmonies of the rest of the band. This unique song tells the uncommon story of an impending release of a prison inmate and was the lead single for Odessey and Oracle, although it failed to chart. The ballad “A Rose for Emily” is like a subdued “Eleanor Rigby”, driven by Blunstone’s lead vocal melody and Argent’s simple rudimental guide piano and again contains multipart vocals in the chorus.

The song concludes with nicely diminished ending chords, following the sad closing lyric; And as the years go by, she will grow old and die, The roses in her garden fade away, not one left for her grave, not a rose for Emily…” “Maybe After He’s Gone” alternates between Paul Atkinson picked folk guitar during mellow verse and a driving chorus with heavy harmonies and piano. This is a great mood piece of pure, high end sixties pop. Atkinson returns with a very interesting guitar Leslie effect on “Beechwood Park”, good folk song with more great vocal harmonies and a vibe similar to Procol Harum’s “Whiter Shade of Pale” . White’s “Brief Candles” has been called a true piece of songwriting genius, with soft piano verses giving way to mellotron drenched choruses held tight by the drum-driven rhythm of Hugh Grundy. The song alternates moods masterfully. Side one concludes with the mainly psychedelic “Hung Up on a Dream”, with a heavy reverb on Argent’s piano and the best guitar work by Atkinson on an album which used his talents strategically.

The second side begins with White’s “Changes”, containing two distinct sections, which seem to compete with each other. One part is almost like a choir recital while another contains bongos and other percussive effects trading off with the mellotron in this fine psychedelic rocker. Argent takes lead vocals “I Want Her, She Wants Me” is upbeat, much like the opening track with Argent’s harpsichord, White’s very bouncy bass by White and more pop/rock-oriented harmonies than on most other tracks on the album. “This Will Be Our Year” is a great rock ballad, not the slow and sappy kind, but the upbeat yet romantic, with very good vocals by Blunstone, who pretty much carries the song alone with none of the usual harmonies. Written and sung by White, “Butcher’s Tale (Western Front 1914)” is the most far-out, freak-out song on Odessey and Oracle, starting with a sound effect and driven throughout by deep and dark organ sound for a raw effect like later punk, but a bit more legitimate.

The lyrics tell of a battle from the viewpoint of a soldier in the midst of the fight in World War I, which many took as a thinly-disguised comment on Vietnam. “Friends of Mine” brings the mood back up instantly with duo vocals and breezy pop, this song is a great setup for the album’s climatic ending. “Time of the Season” would become the group’s best known song and biggest hit, and provided an extremely strong ending to the album. This song truly has it all; a great bass riff by White, tight drums by Grundy, pure hip mood with whisper effects, perfectly breezy and unique vocals by Blunstone, and a couple of Hammond organ jams by composer Rod Argent. Although it was recorded in August 1967, it would not be heard by most of the world until early 1969, when it reached #3 in the US and the Top Ten in several other nations. Odessey and Oracle is an indelible final statement by a rock group which was together for too short a time. Rod Argent and Chris White soon formed an offshoot group “Argent”, which worked through the early 1970s.

It wasn’t until 1997 that the group performed any of the material live, during a brief reunion to promote their box set. A decade later, in 2008, The Zombies celebrated the 40th anniversary of Odessey and Oracle‘s release by performing the album in its entirety for the first time every. ~ The Zombies - Formed in 1961 by Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy Sebastian Santa Maria – organ and guitar Keith Airey – vocals and guitar Chris White – vocals and bass Jim Rodford – vocals and bass Steve Rodford – drums Tom Toomey – vocals and guitar HISTORY In 1961 Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy began performing together as The Mustangs in St. Albans, England but changed the group’s name to The Zombies in 1962. In April of that year, Colin Blunstone and Paul Arnold joined the group. After a couple of short years they found major success with the hit single “She’s Not There”, reaching the #2 spot in the US and Canada. The song also reached #11 in Austraila and #12 The UK.

Before the end of that year, they had scored another big hit with “Tell Her No”, topping out at #6 in the US and Canada. Their next big success was in 1969 with “Time of the Season”, which made it to #1 in Canada and #3 in the US. After splitting up a couple of times, the original members Argent and Blunstone reunited The Zombies to form the present group which consists of: Rod Argent – vocals and organ Colin Blunstone – lead vocal Tom Toomey – vocals and guitar Jim Rodford – vocals and bass Steve Rodford – drums TOP HIT SONGS BY THE ZOMBIES She’s Not There

Question: Which 1960s group was fronted by Colin Blunstone?
Answer: THE ZOMBIES